Aah, embargo on its own means embargo(Original post by constantmeowage)
Sin embargo is a phrase which means 'however''Sin' is without, I don't actually know what embargo means on its own. :s
Well, maybe it's the added pressure of the whole university thing!But it seems like you're taking ASes coming out your eyeballs already!
I don't know, I'd rather put myself in the best position to pass anything I try and take, but if you've seriously got the time, ¡espero que saques buenas notas cuando hagas el examen!
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Yeah, I don't have that stress... Yet![]()
I will obviously, I'm just sayingthank you
means a lot
Although German has been shoved out now![]()
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Aah, embargo on its own means embargo
Yeah, I don't have that stress... Yet
I will obviously, I'm just sayingthank you
means a lot
Although German has been shoved out nowDeutsch hat wegen dir angefangen zu tränen. Danke schön.
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I need to learn a load of verbs and other vocab now tbh...
then I'm set
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I need to learn a load of verbs and other vocab now tbh...then I'm set
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For Spanish? Eh, there are points where it differs from French quite a bit, so don't assume the grammar is a total walk in the part, especially vis-a-vis the subjunctive, and things like pronouns (not just lack of subject ones) etc. I found that it starts off quite easy and starts getting *****ier and *****ier - not to mention ser/estar and por/para
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I've read on the pronouns, what else is there?
Ser and estar aren't too bad... Por and para, one is "pour" and the other is like "used with"
Por/para are nasty, and I still don't know all of its uses well yet without having to run it through google. >.< Para doesn't always perform like 'pour' though, there are differences - para tends to be about destination and purpose, whilst por tends to be about reason and exchange, and behalf.You can even say:
'El coche va a ir para Cardiff por Bristol' - The car's gonna go to Cardiff through Bristol.
You just have to learn and pick up contexts. -.-
In Spanish you have to repeat the pronoun if you use an indirect object, so:
Le doy el dinero a mi amigo. -.-
The subjunctive is nasty, and doesn't always have to follow 'que' -.- it can follow 'cuando' and 'si' as well, for example. -.- plus the imperfect subj IS used commonly in Spanish, unlike in French, and has two fairly similar conjugations (stick with one and recognise the other; the -era ones are used more in L.Am, and the -ese ones more in Spain).
Plus the word order is not as rigid - for example, after relative pronouns, it's quite common for the subject and the verb to invert:
Los zapatos que comprarán las chicas. (The shoes that the girls will buy)
It's not as easy as it looks.
EDIT: HOW COULD I FORGET IMPERFECT VS PRETERITE?!?! This is the bane of my Spanish learning life!it's like choosing between perfect/imperfect in French, but worse because you have to choose between perfect/imperfect/preterite in Spanish
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(Original post by constantmeowage)
Ser/estar can sometimes get tricky/can both be used in different contexts...
Por/para are nasty, and I still don't know all of its uses well yet without having to run it through google. >.< Para doesn't always perform like 'pour' though, there are differences - para tends to be about destination and purpose, whilst por tends to be about reason and exchange, and behalf.You can even say:
'El coche va a ir para Cardiff por Bristol' - The car's gonna go to Cardiff through Bristol.
You just have to learn and pick up contexts. -.-
In Spanish you have to repeat the pronoun if you use an indirect object, so:
Le doy el dinero a mi amigo. -.-
The subjunctive is nasty, and doesn't always have to follow 'que' -.- it can follow 'cuando' and 'si' as well, for example. -.- plus the imperfect subj IS used commonly in Spanish, unlike in French, and has two fairly similar conjugations (stick with one and recognise the other; the -era ones are used more in L.Am, and the -ese ones more in Spain).
Plus the word order is not as rigid - for example, after relative pronouns, it's quite common for the subject and the verb to invert:
Los zapatos que comprarán las chicas. (The shoes that the girls will buy)
It's not as easy as it looks.
EDIT: HOW COULD I FORGET IMPERFECT VS PRETERITE?!?! This is the bane of my Spanish learning life!it's like choosing between perfect/imperfect in French, but worse because you have to choose between perfect/imperfect/preterite in Spanish
Plus, haven't got the subjunctive yet... And haven't delved into those statements(like para/por) so -
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Dude, I have the whole summer
Plus, haven't got the subjunctive yet... And haven't delved into those statements(like para/por) so -
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Yeah? I've had a couple of years and I still stumble a bit with this stuff. Dude.
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I don't need to be fluent in it for the AS, I sense you're annoyed at me
Sorry dude.I just thought you were being a bit arrogant in thinking that you could overcome all those obstacles in three months.
don't you think I tried?
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(Original post by constantmeowage)
True, but they expect you to be pretty good at it for the grades you're looking at - accuracy is key, settling for eh-ish accuracy is a bit lazy for a polyglot wannabeI just thought you were being a bit arrogant in thinking that you could overcome all those obstacles in three months.
don't you think I tried?
3 months is ages though...
if I actually knuckled down and did stuff everyday I think I'd be at a decent standard.
Obviously not flawless, I'll probably never reach "native fluency" in any language... (although I want to be fluent in them)
I want to try and prove you wrong now
although I didn't mean to imply I'd have it all sorted by then... You're making it sound totally impossible
I love a challenge, shame I can't spend all mt time on it
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(Original post by L'Evil Fish)
3 months is ages though...
if I actually knuckled down and did stuff everyday I think I'd be at a decent standard.
Obviously not flawless, I'll probably never reach "native fluency" in any language... (although I want to be fluent in them)
I want to try and prove you wrong now
although I didn't mean to imply I'd have it all sorted by then... You're making it sound totally impossible
I love a challenge, shame I can't spend all mt time on it
I have two job interviews tomorrow, one at Subway and one at a supermarket. I also have my Danish oral coming up in a couple of weeks (it should be on the 17th or 18th but that could change). I keep getting those stress cramps in my stomach whenever I go to bed. Urgh.
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